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Oklahoma leading rusher DeMarco Murray suffered a knee injury in the Sooners' win over Oklahoma State, but coach Bob Stoops said Monday that things were â€œlooking positiveâ€ for Murray. Nebraska, meanwhile, may be without quarterback Taylor Martinez.

NORMAN â€” Oklahoma expects to get back its leading rusher for the Big 12 Championship.

The Cornhuskers may have to wait to see if they'll have one of theirs.

Oklahoma's Demarco Murray (7) runs past Oklahoma State's Johnny Thomas (12) and Oklahoma State's Jamie Blatnick (50) during the Bedlam college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

Sooner coach Bob Stoops said following Monday's practice he has a â€œpositive outlookâ€ that running back DeMarco Murray will be able to play Saturday, despite suffering a knee injury that sidelined him during most of the fourth quarter at Oklahoma State.

â€œDeMarco is much improved from (Sunday),â€ Stoops said. â€œWe'll see as the week goes. I don't want to say something until it's for sure.

â€œBut it's looking positive right now.â€

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, meanwhile, may not know until later in the week if Taylor Martinez will be healthy enough to also play. The dual-threat quarterback missed the entire Colorado game last week due to a turf toe injury on his left foot. Martinez has also been dealing with a sprained right ankle the last few weeks of the season.

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The knee injury to Oklahoma running DeMarco Murray and the Huskers' questions at quarterback may not be the only reasons why Las Vegas didn't release a point spread for the Big 12 Championship.

The status of Niles Paul, Nebraska's top receiver and a dynamic kick returner, is up in the air. Paul broke his foot last week and missed the Colorado game. But Monday morning on Twitter, Paul didn't rule himself out of the Big 12 title game, writing: â€œJust got a CT scan for my foot... Hopefully things are good because I really want to get back for the Big12 Championship game or Bowl game.â€

The Sooners, meanwhile, got starting safety Jonathan Nelson back Monday. Nelson was knocked out of the Bedlam game after falling hard while tacking Joseph Randle on the first play of OSU's second series. He was replaced the rest of the night by Javon Harris.